Kiel Kanal - Docking
Permission to enter the canal must be requested as follows:-
At Brunsbuttel: “Kiel Kanal 1” on VHF Channel 13
At Kiel-Holtenau: “Kiel Kanal 4” on VHF Channel 12
During transit of the canal, a listening watch should be kept on each of the above channels when approaching the locks, on VHF Channel 02 (“Kiel Kanal 2”) between Brunsbuttel and Breiholz and on VHF Channel 03 from Breiholz to Kiel (“Kiel Kanal 3”).
The cost of transit is about 55 Euro and is paid at the Kiel end only, to the lock master (Old lock) or at the newspaper stand (New lock). This kiosk also sells charts.
Apart from at Brunsbuttel and Holtenau, there are five berthing places (weichen) where it is possible for yachts to spend the night (moving at night is not permitted). They are located in sidings and are reasonably sheltered from wash. Yachts will not be locked into the canal unless they have time to reach one of these berthing places before dark.
See this Noonsite report for more details.
Last updated: September 2017
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There are waiting pontoons inside the Holtenau locks for outgoing yachts: like the locks, they have a freeboard of only a few centimetres and your fenders may float over them.
The waiting pontoons outside the Holtenau locks for ingoing yachts, just for variety, have extremely high freeboard: they are higher than most smaller boats’ decks.
They canal/lock dues for a 10-metre yacht is €16.
In spring 2013 we got some useful tips for the Kanal passage from local sailors.
For pleasure boats, the old lock is mainly used. The VHF contact with lock operators can be difficult to achieve. What most local boats do is that they are just circling around for a while and soon the white light will lit up giving permission to enter the lock.
Please note that white light is a permission to enter for pleasure boats as defined in the Navigation Handbook. Greenlight is only for commercial vessels. Even if not obvious from a distance the white light is made from two lamps side-by-side.
The lamp lit indicates the side of the lock to make fast. Along the canal are many other lights for ships and yachts should not worry about these too much. Like for example, two reds lit above each other does not apply to yachts in any way.
Andrus.
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